Position: Prop
Born: 16/3/94
Height: 6ft 2in (1.88m)
Weight: 18st 10lb (119kg)
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2006
Previous Clubs:
Honours: Eng U18
Debut:
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances:
Player Sponsor:
Prop Biyi Alo is a new member of the Saracens Academy for the 2012/13 season.
Currently studying a Sports Science, Sport Development and Sport Management degree at Loughborough University, he is also a member of the England U18 squad.
Prop
Position: Prop
Born: 12 Nov 1992
Height: 6ft (1.82m)
Weight: 18st 3lb (116kg)
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2011
Previous Clubs: Saracens Amateurs
Honours:
Debut: vs Northampton Saints (15.11.11)
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 15
Player Sponsor: Acuitus
Nick Auterac joined the full time Saracens Academy at the start of the 2011/12 season but has been a regular with the Saracens Storm in the past two seasons. A graduate of the Oaklands College rugby programme, Auterac started his career at Saracens Amateurs and has also represented England at U16 and U18 levels. He made three appearances for the Saracens first team during the 2011/12 season which included a debut against Northampton Saints in the LV=Cup.
Position: Hooker
Born: 25 Oct 1993
Height: 5ft 11in (1.80m)
Weight: 16st 1lb (102kg)
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2011
Previous Clubs:
Honours:
Debut: vs Leicester Tigers (9/11/12)
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 1
Player Sponsor:
Position: Flanker
Born: 03 Apr 1993
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 90kg
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2011
Previous Clubs:
Honours:
Debut:
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 2
Player Sponsor: Rift UK
Back row Matt Hankin has been a regular in the Saracens Storm side for the past two seasons but will be looking to break into the first team reckoning in the 2011/12 season.
He toured Australia with England U18s in the summer and has also been selected in the U20s EPS squad for the coming season.
Second Row
Position: Second Row
Born: 26 Jan 1993
Height: 6ft 6in (1.99m)
Weight: 15st 10lb (101kg)
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Previous Clubs: Fullerians
Honours: England U20s
Debut: vs Worcester Warriors (29.1.12)
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 3
Player Sponsor:
Second row Tom Jubb made his first team debut for Saracens against Worcester Warriors in the LV=Cup in the 2011/12 season.
A graduate of the Saracens Academy, he has been a regular with the Saracens Storm and was also part of the England U18 tour to Australia last season, winning all three matches.
Full Back
Position: Full Back
Born: 16 Feb 1992
Height: 5ft 10in (1.78m)
Weight: 12st 12lb (82kg)
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Previous Clubs: Old Elthamians, Tonbridge School
Honours: England U16A, Kent, London & South East
Debut: 07.11.10 vs Northampton Saints
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 13
Player Sponsor: Bridal Path
Full back Ben Ransom is another product of the Saracens Academy and he made his first team debut for the club in the LV=Cup in the 2010/11 season.
His pace an natural ability saw him fit straight into the team and he made four appearances last season.
He also played all of England’s U18 matches in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championships – losing to New Zealand in the final.
Prop
Position: Prop
Born: 18 Sep 1990
Height: 6ft (1.82m)
Weight: 16st 5lb (103kg)
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Previous Clubs: Lions
Honours:
Debut: 09.11.10 vs USA
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 11
Player Sponsor: Enstar
The 2011/12 season was a frustrating one for the South African born prop who missed much of the campaign with a knee injury picked up in pre-season training.
He fought his way back to fitness in the closing weeks of the season and represented Hertfordshire in the County Championships before being selected on the England Counties tour to Africa.
The previous season was a breakthrough campaign for Saunders who broke into the first team to make 10 appearances after initially being part of the Saracens Academy.
Scrum Half
Position: Scrum Half
Born: 31 Jul 1992
Height: 6ft (1.83m)
Weight: 13st 7lb (86kg)
Date Joined: 31 Aug 2011
Previous Clubs: Cambridge
Honours: England Saxons, U20s
Debut: vs Wasps (3.9.11)
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 28
Player Sponsor: TF Tull
In July 2011, Ben Spencer was looking forward to a season with Cambridge after accepting an invitation to train with Saracens, within months he was making his first team debut for the club. He impressed in pre-season with performances against Toulon and Bedford Blues to earn a full time contract and he continued to perform at the highest level in both the Premiership and Heineken Cup. It was a whirlwind year for the young scrum half who made 21 appearances and also featured for England Saxons and was part of England’s Junior World Championship squad in the summer.
Position: Hooker
Born: 10 Jun 1993
Height: 5ft 10in (1.78m)
Weight: 15st 8lb (100kg)
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Previous Clubs:
Honours: England U20s
Debut: vs Worcester Warriors (29.1.12)
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 2
Player Sponsor: The Donner Family
England U18 hooker Scott Spurling is a graduate of the Saracens Academy.
Already a regular within the Saracens Storm side, the hooker began the 2011/12 season in Australia with the England U18 side, winning all three matches on their tour to the Southern Hemisphere.
His pace and ball handling skills came to the fore when he featured in the Saracens side that made the final of the JP Morgan Sevens and he made his full debut for Saracens against Worcester Warriors in the LV=Cup in the 2011/12 season.
Array
Position: Centre / Fly Half
Born: 8 Nov 1991
Height: 5ft 10in (1.77m)
Weight: 13st (83kg)
Date Joined: 01 Jul 2006
Previous Clubs: Thurrock RFC
Honours:
Debut: 09.11.10 vs USA
Status: Fully Fit
Total Appearances: 8
Player Sponsor: The Coulthard Family
Fly half Sam Stanley comes from an impressive rugby background as the nephew of All Black legend Joe Stanley.
A regular with the Saracens Storm, his performances while on loan to Barking last season saw him get regularl game time.
But it was while with Barking that he injured his knee, ruling him out for the remainder of the season – that came just weeks after an impressive Premiership debut against Bath.
He returned from injury at the start of the 2011/12 season, but within weeks of being back on the pitch he suffered another knee injury that was to rule him out once again.
